On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 7:58 PM, steve-ALUG@hst.me.uk wrote:
Srdjan Todorovic wrote:
Programming for Linux is great - so many tools and languages to choose from. What languages do you program in?
Visual Basic, Visual Basic.net and many years ago, C++. So I'd be rusty at C++, and I don't particularly fancy using VB under Mono - I tried to get it working a few times, and failed abysmally! :-(
Mono is an awesome open source implementation for .net - You could try getting Mono for windows and keep writing in Visual Studio but running in Mono, then when you port to Linux it isn't so much of a surprise. I actually develop in VC# express for my linux box.
If you're into your Gui apps, then Windows Forms & WPF of course will not work nativly (without using Wine or similar), but there are things which you can use instead, such as GTK ( http://www.mono-project.com/GtkSharp ). GTK also has the advantage that (once you've installed its components) works on most modern OS's.
Best Regards JT